Genesis 6

1 And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

And it happened, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

2 that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

that God's sons saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

3 And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

And God said, "My Spirit will not remain in humankind forever, since he is indeed flesh; yet his days will be one hundred twenty years."

4 Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore [children] to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after that), when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of humankind and had children by them. They were the mighty men who were from ancient times, famous men.

5 And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

And God saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply.

And God was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.

7 And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.

God said, "I will destroy humankind whom I have created from the face of the earth; humankind, along with animals, crawling creatures, and flying creatures of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

8 But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

But Noah found favor in the sight of God.

9 And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

10 And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.

Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

God saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

13 And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.

And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And look, I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Make a box-shaped ship of gopher wood. You are to make rooms in the ship, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

15 And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

And this is how you are to make it. The length of the ship is to be five hundred seventeen feet, its breadth eighty-six feet, and its height fifty-two feet.

16 Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.

And you are to make a roof in the ship, and you are to finish it twenty-one inches above. And you are to set the door of the ship in its side. You are to make it with lower, second, and third levels.

17 And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.

And as for me, look, I am bringing a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die.

18 And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

But I will establish my covenant with you. You are to come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

19 And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

Of every living thing of all flesh, you are to bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

20 Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.

Of the flying creatures after their kind, of the animals after their kind, and of every crawling creature of the ground after their kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.

21 And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.

And as for you, take for yourself all the kinds of food that are eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be food for you, and for them."

22 And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he.

Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.

The World is Destroyed by Water